03x22 - Rimfire

[bunniefuu]

No need to look
at these, sir.

They're all
unquestionably bona fide.

Yes, sir.
Yes, siree.

Small investment
for a large fortune.

Sign right here, sir.

I'm afraid, sonny,
you're not of age.

♪♪ ["Camptown Races"
playing on piano]

[snoring]

Just where do you
think you're goin'?

I got a new business.

-Sawdust.
-Sawdust?

For the saloon floor.
They pay a nickel a bag.

Daniel, I thought we agreed
you weren't gonna
hang around the saloon.

I ain't hangin' around, Pa.
I'm deliverin'.

Well, you just deliver right
back to the carpenter shop.

But, Pa, I just swapped
for this route.

I gave Tommy Davis
six firewood customers

for the Silver Slipper
and the Bucket of Blood.

No saloons, Daniel.

You just stick to sellin'
frog legs to the café.

Yes, sir.
Sure cuts down my profits.

We told you before.
Get out.

No, no.

You won't be
needin' these supplies
'cause you're leavin'.

Stay here, Daniel.

You're gettin' out,
like I told you.

I'm tellin' you two
for the last time.

Get off of that claim
you're workin' or we'll
drive you off.

What's the trouble,
Kusack?

We're tryin' to get rid
of these scavengers.

They're workin' that old mine
near the Glover diggin's.

We're not scavengers.
The mine is ours.

That's right.
They staked a claim
three years ago,

when the mine
was abandoned.

Scavenger claims
don't count in my book.

They count in the town book.
That's all I'm interested in.

Better take that up
with Mr. Glover, Sheriff.

He's the one
that wants 'em off.

It's their mine,
and they stay.

You bother 'em again,
Kusack, and I'll jail ya.

Okay, Sheriff.
But like I said,

you better take it up
with Mr. Glover.

We don't give the orders.

Thank you, Sheriff.

I'll help you
with this.

I thought I told you
to stay put.

I was just
listening, Pa.

You're always just
where you can get hurt.

Don't I have
enough worries?

Mr. Glover's the most
important man in town.

He ain't gonna like you
goin' against him, Pa.

I don't expect him to.

Well, what are you gonna do?

Whatever I do,
I don't want you mixin' in.

It's too dangerous.

Yes, sir.

There sure is
gonna be a lot of trouble.

♪ [theme]

The Glover house, please.

Welcome back to
Glover house, Mr. Barkley.

Thank you, Charles.

It's good to see you
looking so well.

It's been
a long time.

Almost six years.

You know, the last time
I came through that door,

little Janice was
sliding down that banister.

She's quite
a young lady now.

I'll bet she is.

You wouldn't
recognize her.

-Jarrod, my boy.
-Hello, Sidney.

How are you?
It's good to see you again.

It's good to see you.
I've been looking
forward to it.

Charles, would you put
Mr. Barkley's things
in the east wing, please?

Yes, sir.

Come inside, Jarrod.
I've got a bottle
of champagne waiting.

-Good!
-This merger calls
for a celebration.

That it does.

Family well?

Oh, they're fine,
just fine, Sidney.

Merger papers
all in order?

I've got 'em
right in here
and ready to be signed.

Good.

Can that possibly
be Janice?

Yes. Had it painted
three months ago,

just before she
went back east to
finishing school.

-Beautiful, isn't she?
-She certainly is.

It's kind of hard to believe
that that's the same little girl

who used to
beg me for ice cream.

Sometimes I wish
she were still
that same little girl.

She's all I've
got, Jarrod.

I don't mind admitting

this house is just
a bit lonesome without her.

I can imagine it is.

To the merger of
the Barkley-Glover silver mines.

To the merger.

[knocking on door]

Come in.

Yes, Charles.
What is it?

Sheriff Barrett
is here to see you, sir.

He says it's important.

-The sheriff?
-Yes, sir.

-You mind, Jarrod?
-No, no, not at all.

All right, Charles.
Have him come in.

Yes, sir.

You have a sheriff
here now, huh?

The last time I was here,
all you had was a miner's court.

Yes, we hired him
three years ago.

Town's been growing so fast,
we had to get some regular
protection.

Especially for
the property owners.

-Afternoon, Sheriff.
-Afternoon, Mr. Glover.

-Sorry to bother you.
-That's all right.

Gives me a chance
to thank you for catching
those night riders last week.

They've been getting away
with a lot of ore.

No thanks necessary.

This is Mr. Barkley.

Jarrod, Dave Barrett.

Nice to meet you, Sheriff.

Same here.
Barkley mine?

That's right.

Well, Sheriff,
what can I do for you?

It's about that old mine
between your claim and
the Barkley diggings.

The one those Chinese are
working?

-Mm-hmm.
-What about it?

Two of your men
threatened them,
told them to get off.

They said they were acting
under your orders.

Yes, that's right.

We need that old mine.

You see, the Barkleys
and I are merging.

We're planning to extend
those tunnels and join
our main shafts.

You can't do that.

That mine was abandoned
because the ore was low grade,

left open to scavengers.

Temporarily, yes,
but now we need it again.

The mine belongs
to Wong Lo.

This must be
some kind of a joke, Sheriff.

What is the law
on that point, Jarrod?

Well, most mining laws
state that temporarily
means 14 days.

After that, the shaft is open
for reclaiming by anyone.

But my crew dug that tunnel.

Unfortunately, Sidney,
that doesn't have any bearing.

Wong Lo and his wife
have been working
that mine for three years.

Their claim is on
the town books.

They've got a right
to stay there.

A right?!

There wouldn't be any tunnel
if I hadn't opened it up.

And there won't be any town
if those mines shut down.

What do you mean,
shut down?

You see, Sheriff,
our tunnels are getting so deep

that we can't work them
anymore without extra
ventilation.

We need that old mine
for an air shaft,

so we can continue
to use 'em.

Those diggings
are the biggest
in the lode.

If they shut down,
it'll bankrupt
hundreds of people.

There won't be any Rimfire,
don't you understand, Sheriff?

Of course I understand.

But you'll have to find
some other way to
keep them open.

You just can't take
Wong Lo's claim.

You mean you would
let this town die
for a scavenger?

Whose side are
you on, Sheriff?

When it's night riders,
I'm on your side.

When it's claim jumping,
I'm with Wong Lo.

Now wait a minute,
Sheriff.

We don't have
any intentions
of breaking the law.

Look, Sidney, as long as
this man has a legal claim,

why don't we simply
make him an offer
and buy him out?

Jarrod, I'm not much
for buying what
already belongs to me.

I can understand that,

but legally,
there's no choice.

-You sure of that?
-Yes, I'm sure.

All right.

If it'll save trouble,
go ahead, make him an offer.

But if he won't sell...

Now, maybe we won't
have to cross that bridge.

I hope not,
Mr. Barkley,

'cause if you do,
I'll be in the middle of it.

[distant pickaxe]

[pickaxe continues]

[pickaxe continues]

[footsteps approaching]

Good morning.
You are Wong Lo?

My name is
Jarrod Barkley.

I'm one of
the owners
of the Barkley mine.

I have heard.

Soon you will join it
to the mine of Glover.

That's right.

As a matter of fact,
that's what I came
to talk to you about.

Have you come with
threats, Mr. Barkley?

I don't believe in
threats, Wong Lo.

I've come to make you an offer.

An offer?

Mr. Glover and I
would like to buy your mine.

You will buy
what you tried to take?

That was a mistake
that I had no part of, Wong Lo.

We'll give you a fair price.

Whatever you think
your mine is worth.

Glover deals in blows,
you in words.

Neither will drive me out,
Mr. Barkley.

The mine is not for sale.

Now wait a minute,
Wong lo.

This is an honest offer.

I've come in friendship.
You must believe that.

The message of the hawk
is seldom brought by a dove...

Mr. Barkley.

Food's ready, Pa.

Uh, yeah, I'll be
right there, Daniel.

Boy, I'm hungry as
a prospector's mule.

What are we havin'?

Rabbit stew.

Again?

Well, you like it,
don't you?

Well, sure, but three
times in a row?

What's the matter
with that?

You ever thought of
having beef stew
or chicken?

Chickens cost too much.

Besides, I get
the rabbits free.

-Free?
-Sure. Trapped 'em.

Boy, I hope you sure don't
go to trappin' bear.

You know, uh...

you shouldn't be
cookin' anyway.

You know where
you should be?

In school.

-In school?
-Mm-hmm.

But there ain't one.

Anyhow, what for?

You're goin' on


It's time you learned
something besides
mines and saloons.

You're teachin' me,
ain't ya?

I do sums every day.

Yeah, but sums
and readin' aren't enough.

You need geography
and history and things
that take a real teacher.

What do you mean?
You're a real teacher.

No, I mean somebody
that studied it,

like they have in
the big schools back east...

or in Stockton.

I can't go clear to
Stockton just to go to school.

Who'd cook for you?

Well, I'd eat at the café.

Their food's no good.

I'd get used to it.

Got used to
rabbit stew, didn't I?

I better wait
till we get a school here.

If I got to Stockton,
it'll ruin my frog business.

[chuckles]

Sheriff?

Oh, in here, Mr. Barkley.

Oh, I'm sorry
to interrupt your meal.

That's all right.
Mr. Barkley,
my son, Daniel.

Hello, Daniel.
I'm pleased to meet you.

Yes, sir.
Me, too.

What can I
do for you?

I've come to talk to you
about Wong Lo.

Have you seen him yet?

Yes, I've seen him,

but I didn't get
very far with him.

He's not exactly
what I'd call friendly.

That's 'cause folks been
so mean to him and his wife.

He's really nice
once you know him.

He gives us kids
rice cakes.

-Daniel.
-Oh. Yes, sir. I forgot.

Why don't we talk
in the office?

Sheriff, how well
do you know Wong Lo?

Line of duty mainly.
Why?

Well, do you think that if you
went out with me to that mine

you could get him
to just listen?

Maybe, but I'm not goin'
back out there with you,
Mr. Barkley.

If he doesn't want to sell,
that's his business.

I understand that, Sheriff.

I just want him to understand
how important that mine
is to this town.

I still don't think
I should interfere.

I'm not asking you
to interfere.

I just want him
to hear me out.

It's too much
like forcing him, Mr. Barkley.

Wong's had enough of that.

All right, Sheriff.

I'll go out and try to
talk to again him by myself.

But I think
you're makin' a mistake.

I sure hope Wong
listens to him, Pa.

Mm.

'Cause if he don't listen,
Mr. Glover's gonna act.

And somebody's
liable to get hurt.

That's another thing they teach
you in school, Daniel.

Not to listen in on
other people's conversations.

Mr. Barkley.

I've changed my mind.
I'm comin' with you.

I appreciate that, Sheriff.

Wong, oh, please.
Hurry!

Hurry! I can't
hold it any longer.

Watch out for
the shaft behind you, Wong.

Are you hurt,
my dear?

Oh, Sheriff,
we are very grateful.
Very grateful.

Yes. We thank you.

And you also,
Mr. Barkley.

Pleasure to be
of service.

That thing's too heavy
to move by hand, Wong.

You oughta get yourself
a mule.

Mules are expensive, Sheriff.

When a man has no money,
he must depend upon
his own strength.

Yeah, well, money's
what we've come to
talk to you about.

Mr. Barkley wants
to talk to you some more.

About selling the mine?

I don't want to take sides
in this thing, Wong.

What you do
is your own business.

But that offer that
Mr. Barkley made you before

is important
for a lot of reasons.

I wish you'd listen to him
before you make up your mind.

All I want you to do
is hear me out, Wong Lo.

My husband,

they have been kind.

It will do no harm
just to listen to them.

Very well.

Since you think it is best,
I will listen.

Wong Lo, do you know
what a choke tunnel is?

It is very deep
and very hot.

That's exactly right.

So deep and so hot
that men can't work down there.

Well, the Barkley tunnels
are almost that deep right now,

and the vein
is still descending.

The Glover mine
is in the same condition.

You know how much
those shifts are changing.

Whistles blowin'
all day long.

Men can't stand it down there
more than an hour at a time.

We need your claim so that
we can dig cross tunnels for
more ventilation.

Ling and I need it also,
Mr. Barkley,

to make a living.

I can understand that.

But I can guarantee you
a substantial price for it

so you can buy
another business.

Where, Mr. Barkley?

Here, anywhere you want.

It'll be a handsome profit,
I promise you.

And if somebody decides
they want that business,

will we be asked
to sell it also?

When Ling and I
came here three years ago,

we only had a cart
and sapling.

We found the tunnel,
planted the sapling.

Now we have a mine,
and a fine tree of heaven.

It is difficult
to put down roots,

then leave them,
Mr. Barkley.

It's difficult
to ask you to, believe me.

But it's not just
for company profits.

It's for everybody
in the town.

Ling and I are not
treated like everybody.

We'd like to help you,
but we need roots.

We cannot sell the mine.

The day passes.
We must complete our work.

I could've told you
you'd be wasting your time.

All those scavengers
understand is force.

Don't worry.
They'll get out.

Not that way.

We'll just have to find
some other way to
ventilate those tunnels.

There is no other way.
I've already talked to
the best mining engineers.

Well, I'm sorry, Sidney.
I cannot agree to force.

All right.
Then find some legal way.

Some loophole.

Don't tell me

you're squeamish
about loopholes, too.

Yes, I am,
when they involve
human rights.

Jarrod, this is no time
to shilly-shally.

There's too much at stake.

I couldn't agree
with you more.

All right.

The circuit judge
will be here tomorrow.

We'll let him
settle it.

Incidentally,
he's an old friend of mine.

We'll see you at dinner.

Well, it's got to be there
somewhere, Judge Power.

We know the claim
was registered.

Oh, yes. Here it is.

Lo... Ling?

I thought you said
the name is Wong.

That's his wife.

He registered it on
Chinese new year's.

Put it in her name
as sort of a gift.

Actually, it belongs
to both of 'em.

I see.

Those books were drawn up
by a bunch of miners, Nathan,

when Rimfire
was just a camp.

The old miners' regulations
are as valid as law, Sidney.

The state recognizes them
as such,

even now that you're
incorporated as a district.

I thought you said these people
had been working this mine
for three years.

They have.

According to the date here,

they didn't register their
claim until six months ago.

Wong doesn't know much
about our laws, Judge.

It took him a while to find out
about staking claims.

Well, that's
your loophole, Sidney.

Under the state exclusion act,
aliens can't own property

even when it's registered
according to local mining laws.

The acts went through
last year,

a couple of months before
this claim was entered.

GLOVER: Well, Jarrod,
that should simplify things.

I'm surprised you didn't
check that date, Mr. Barkley.

As a lawyer, you should
be familiar with
these new acts.

I am, Judge, thoroughly.
I lobbied against them.

How soon can we
evict them, Nathan?



All you have to do
is re-register
your previous claim.

All right, Sheriff,
notify them.

Is that a court order,
Judge Power?

Yes, Sheriff.

Congratulations, gentlemen.

Hello, Daniel.

Hello, Mr. Barkley.

Is this the library?

-That's right.
-Sure is big.

[chuckles]
Come on in.

I'm looking for
Mr. Glover.

The cook
said he was here.

Well, he was, but he
had to go into town

and take care of
some business.

He should be back
in a couple of hours.

Is there something
I can do for you?

Will you give him
a message?

Sure will.

Tell him that
I won't be deliverin'

his firewood anymore.

His firewood?

He's on my route.
I bring it every day.

Nickel a load.

Made the deal
with his cook
a long time ago.

Oh.

You probably don't know it,

but I've been deliverin'
his frog legs.

Now he'll have to get
one of the other kids
for that, too.

I see.

Won't that put
quite a dent in your business?

Mr. Glover must be
one of your best customers.

Yes, sir. But I still
won't be deliverin',

even if the other kids
don't bring fresh ones
and he gets sick on 'em.

Why is that, Daniel?
Because of Wong Lo?

Wong Lo and Pa both.

You want me to
tell him that, too?

Yes, sir.
Tell him everything.

Daniel, there's something
I'd very much like you
to understand.

I don't like this business
any better than you do.

Mr. Glover likes it,
and you're mergin' with him.

When I started that merger,

I didn't know Wong Lo
or anyone else would be
affected.

If I had any choice,
he wouldn't be now.

But I can't
help it, Daniel.

You see, that old mine
belongs to Mr. Glover,

so he has the right to do
anything he wants to with it.

That's the law.

I don't care if it is the law.
It's wrong.

No, Daniel, it's not wrong.

It's... well, you see,
the law isn't perfect.

It can't cover everything.

That mine's
all Wong Lo has.

Don't Mr. Glover care about
anybody but hisself?

Of course he does.
It's just that--

He sure wanted Pa to care,
all right.

When he and that committee met.

What committee?

After Ma died,

Pa decided that we was goin'
back to Philadelphia to live.

Then Mr. Glover
and the committee came

and said the town
needed protection.

Pa was the best person
for the job.

Everybody
realized it.

'Cause winning the medal of
honor during the w*r

proved that he wasn't
afraid of nothin'.

Your pa won
the medal of honor?

Yes, sir.

He's right.

Then why ain't it
protecting Wong Lo?

Well, it's like
I said, Daniel.

The law's not perfect.

In this case, it favors
Mr. Glover over Wong Lo.

What good is it
if it favors
one man over another?

If it don't cover
what's right?

What good's Pa
bein' a sheriff?

Or you bein' a lawyer?

What good is it?

Come here, Daniel.
Sit down.

You see, the law
tries to be just.

But if it isn't,

it's usually because
the people involved

don't care enough
to change it.

You're involved,
Mr. Barkley.

Can't you help
some way?

I wish I could.

But I'm sworn
to uphold the law
as it stands,

just like your pa,
whether I like it or not.

Well, anyhow,
tell Mr. Glover
about the deliveries,

will you, sir?

It doesn't
belong to you.

Doesn't belong
to us?

But it is written
in the book like
all the others.

It was written too late.

They've passed
some new laws.

Only citizens
can own property.

This is true, Sheriff?
Really true?

Yes, it must be so.

Otherwise,
you would not say it.

The tree has taken root.

But we have not.

It is always so, Sheriff.

Ling was born
in this country,

and I have spent
most of my life here.

But we are driven
from place to place,

like leaves
in the seasonal winds.

What was that you said
about Ling?

That she was born here?

In San Francisco.

Her mother was a servant
in a rich house.

Whose house?
What's the name?

Hamilton. Donald Hamilton.

What does
this mean? Why?

You stay right here,
Wong Lo.

Understand? Stay right here
till I get back.

Nevertheless, you were
ordered to evict those people,

not to question.

I can't evict them.

Ling Han
is an American citizen.

What?

I don't believe it.

They'd say anything
to keep that claim.

She was born
in San Francisco.

A few months after
her mother went to work

for the Hamilton family.

Do you have proof of that?

Date's on file
in the city record building.

Here's a telegraph,
Donald Hamilton
verifying it.

Well, that's good enough
for me.

I know Hamilton, and he
wouldn't verify anything
that isn't true.

So since Ling is a citizen,
that settles that.

Not for me, it doesn't.

My crew dug that tunnel,

and I'm not giving it up
for any pair of scavengers,

I don't care
where they were born.

Sheriff, Judge Power
issued an order
evicting those people.

I demand you carry out
that order.

I can't. Ling owns
that mine legal and clear.

All right, Sheriff.

If they're not out
by the specified time,

my men will
do it for you.

They can try.

They'll come up against
me and my deputies.

Very well, Sheriff,
if that's the way you want it.

It's not the way I want it.
It's the way it is.

Sidney, I've already
told you I'll have
no part of this.

I don't understand
here, Jarrod.

What is it?

You feel you owe
these people something

because you have
more than they do?

Is that it?

It's much simpler than that.

I have respect
for the law.

Oh, fiddlesticks.

You may be willing to
closed down your tunnels,

but I'm not going
to close down mine.

Merger or no merger.

Then there's no point
in staying here any longer.

No, there isn't.

Why don't you just go?

-Hello, boys.
-How are you, Sheriff?

Hi, Sheriff.

I'm lookin' for deputies.

Anybody got time to help?

What's the job?

Protectin' a mine.

You mean protectin'
scavengers,
don't ya, Dave?

Pays 50 cents a day.

They ain't worth
five a day.

That's right.

I'm not looking
for opinions,
I'm offering jobs.

You want to work or not?

I'll work, but not
for any scavengers.

Same here.

Dave, that was
Glover's mine
in the first place.

He wants it back,
I figure he's got a right.

Yeah. Ain't nobody gonna
side with scavengers, Sheriff.

That go for all of you?

That it does.

Thanks anyway.

Obeying the law
doesn't seem to be

too popular
around here, Sheriff.

I thought Mr. Glover's guests
did all their drinking

in his drawing room,
Mr. Barkley.

Seems I'm not
Mr. Glover's guest anymore.

We had a little
difference of opinion.

Oh?

Unfortunately, he doesn't
seem to agree with

some of
my convictions.

Which are?

Similar to yours,
apparently.

What about the merger?

-That's off, too.
-Pa!

Pa, they've got
Wong Lo!

Got him?
What do you mean?

There's a fight
down at the mine.

Go home, Daniel.

Please don't.
Let him go. Please.

Let him go, please!

Please don't.

Oh, please!

Hold it, Kusack.

I said hold it!

Thank fortune
you have come, Sheriff.

Shut up.

You stay out of this.

I'll stay out of nothin',
Kusack.

Now you let that man--

You did that?

Who do you think did it?

It is not
as it seems, Sheriff.

They came here,
this one and
the other one.

They told us
we must leave.

And when we refused,
the other one took Ling
and began to beat her,

and I couldn't stand it.

My fingers found the ax,
and I just couldn't stand it.

It was done for me,
Sheriff, for me.

Don't cry, Ling.

Afterwards,
the others came,
and with a rope.

He's lyin'!

That murderin' devil
k*lled Pete in cold blood.

It was for me.

See how they beat me.

Let him down.

He k*lled Pete.

We're gonna string him up.

No.

I'm holding him
for the U.S. Marshal, Kusack.

He's going to Stockton
for trial.

Now for the last time,
let him down.

Drop it.

All right, clear out.

We're gonna come
and get him back.

He ain't gonna
leave town alive.

He is if I have
anything to do with it.

You know, you may
change my mind about you.

Everything all right,
Jarrod?

So far. Telegram
get through all right?

Yeah. Marshal and his deputies
be here in a couple of hours.

-That's good.
-Mm-hmm.

You got back quick, Pa.

Did you get an answer
from the marshal?

I'm dog tired, Daniel.

How about some coffee?

Yes, sir.

I'd like to, uh... ask
a favor of you, Jarrod.

Favor? Anything
I can do.

Well, it's about Daniel.

It's something I've
worried about for a long time.

Something I know his mother
would've worried about

if she were still alive.

I don't imagine it's been easy
tryin' to raise a boy alone.

No, it hasn't.

This town doesn't help, either.

You've seen what it's
like, Jarrod.

Full of drifters, drunks.

Not even a school.

It's no place
for a boy to grow up.

Well, I wouldn't
worry about it too much.

A lot of good men
have come out of towns
just like this one.

Yeah, but most of 'em
had two parents.

Daniel's only got one.

I can't even give him
security.

Sheriff lives from
day to day, you know that.

You know,
it's a funny thing.

Most of the kids I've seen

don't seem to give a hoot
about security,

just as long
as they have love.

Well, he's got that.

All I can give.

But if I should happen
to get k*lled all of a sudden,

he won't have that;
he won't have anything.

There's a boarding school
in Stockton.

He can get an education.

Be able to take care of himself
no matter what happens.

I know it very well.

The Stockton Boys School.

Yeah.

Well, I've
written to 'em.

Taken care of
all the details.

They say that Daniel
can enter any time.

Jarrod, your stage
leaves in an hour.

I've saved the tuition.

I'd appreciate it if
you'd take him to Stockton
with you and enter him.

You told him about this?

No, not yet.

It's a little sudden,
isn't it?

From what I've seen,
it's gonna tear his insides out.

What do you think
it's doin' to me?

If I don't send him quick,
I'll lose my nerve.

Look, Dave,

why don't you think it over
a little longer?

This town's growing
every day.

There's bound to be
a good school here soon.

I've thought about
all that, Jarrod.

It doesn't change anything.
I'm still a sheriff.

A man with a g*n
in his belly all the time.

If that g*n goes off,
I don't want my son to see it.

All right.
I'll take him.

But not on
the next stage.

I'm gonna stay
till that marshal gets here.

But I don't want you to stay.

If those miners
start trouble...

If they do, you're gonna
need an extra g*n, and badly.

All right.

I better go
talk to Daniel.

Coffee ready, Daniel?

Just about.
And I heated some stew.

Where's Mr. Barkley?

He's keepin' watch.

Should I take him
some stew?

Sit down a minute, Daniel.
I wanna talk to you
about something.

You remember how it was
three years ago

when we lived up in
the hills in our mine?

You mean the cabin?

Before the claim jumpers
shot ma?

Of course I do.

I remember everything.

How she used to say
poetry to me,

fix my clothes,
and how pretty she was.

Yeah, she loved you
very much, Daniel.

She always wanted
the very best for you.

That's why we moved into town
right after she died.

I thought you wouldn't
be so lonesome,

that I could take
better care of you.

You do. You take
real good care of me.

No, this job
keeps me too busy.

You have to--
You have to cook
and clean up.

You even have to wash
your own clothes
a lot of time.

I don't mind.
Ma always said it was good
to know how to do things.

Yeah, well, she meant more than
just those things, Daniel.

She meant an education.

She'd want you to be
in school right now,
I know she would.

Then maybe we oughta move
someplace where there is one.

Sheriff jobs aren't
that easy to come by.

I don't know
anything else.

I-- I talked to Jarrod
about it.

Mr. Barkley?

That's right,
Mr. Barkley.

What did you talk
to him about?

You're goin' to Stockton
with him, Daniel.

You're gonna live at
that school I was tellin'
you about the other day.

You... you're foolin'.

Ain't ya, Pa?

No.

No, I'm not, Daniel.

But I don't wanna
live there.

I wanna live here
with you.

It's no good here,
livin' next to a jail,

never knowin'
what's gonna happen next.

I don't care what happens
as long as I'm with you.

Well, I do care.

You're gonna get
an education, Daniel.

You're gonna make a life
for yourself away from here.

Ah, Daniel,
you'll like it.

There'll be a lot of boys,
you'll make friends.

No. No, I won't.

I'm sorry, boy.

You're leavin' soon as
the marshal gets here,
now go get ready.

There's lots of time.

I'll do it later.

After... after I get rid
of all my frogs.

You'll do it now.
Right now.

Yes, sir.

It's for the best, boy.
You'll see.

Go on now.

They're comin', Dave.

MAN: Come out!

You stay here, Daniel.

Cover me
from inside.

Don't let them take me,
please, Mr. Barkley.

Don't worry,
Wong Lo, they won't.

Give us the Chinaman,
Sheriff.

You can't have him.

You stay back,
or somebody's
gonna get hurt.

Get out of the way
or you're gonna be hurt.

I'm warnin' you, Kusack,
and all the rest of you.

Stay back or I'll sh**t.

[g*nsh*t]

You can't sh**t us all,
Sheriff.

I don't want to sh**t
anybody, Mr. Glover,

but you can't have
Wong Lo.

That scavenger
has done enough damage.

He's k*lled one of my men,

and the merger that would
have benefited the whole town.

We're going to see
that he pays.

And I'm gonna see
he gets a fair trial.

He's already had a trial,

and been found guilty,
right, boys?

[all clamoring]

I'm warning you, Sheriff,
for the last time.

Stand aside.

-Not a chance.
-[g*nsh*t]

Now I'll k*ll
the next man that moves.

Pa!

-Oh, Pa. Pa.
-[groans]

Well, Sidney, you came here
to destroy law and order,

and I'd say you've done
a pretty good job.

Is he hurt bad?

You were pretty lucky this time.
It's only a flesh wound.

What'd you have
to do it for?

What for?

He was just helpin'
like he's always done.

Like he's done
for a lot of you.

'Cause Wong Lo
was in trouble?

He's always helped everybody
when they was in trouble.

Everybody.

Ever since he came
to this town.

You remember when the mine beams
fell on you, Mr. Kusack?

And how Pa stayed by you
till the doctor came?

He fed you whiskey
so it wouldn't hurt so bad.

And how about the night
you was gone to Stockton,
Mr. Corcoran?

And how Pa fetched your wife
just in time for a baby to come.

He never left you alone
neither, Mr. Glover.

Even if you are rich.

Remember when your daughter was
caught in that snowed-in stage,

and everybody said
that they couldn't get through?

You said you'd get through
if it k*lled you,

so you rode out.

You and Pa.

And when your horse
went down,

Pa brought you and
miss Janice both in safe.

He stood by
every one of you

some time or other.

Why-- Why couldn't you
stand by him?

Why couldn't ya?

Well, gentlemen,
in addition to everything else,

it looks like
you all have short memories.

Pa!

Stay where you are, Sidney.

He needs help.

You can help best by getting
this rabble out of here.

All right, men.

Back to your jobs,
and stay there.

Go on.

Sheriff, I've been
a hard-headed businessman

all my life.

But I always pay my debts.

Jarrod's right.

We do have short memories.

Sorry about
comin' out, Pa.

I tried not to.

But I heard the shots,

and I knew you was
out here, alone.

I had to come out.

I just had to.

I'm glad you did, son.

Do I have to go away, Pa?

Really? I mean,
can't I just stay?

Can't I?

You better.

Can't expect me to eat at
that café all the time.

Mr. Barkley,

since yesterday,
Ling and I owe you
much gratitude.

Because of this,
we have talked.

We will sell you
and Mr. Glover
the mine.

I'm happy to hear
that, Wong Lo.

It'll mean a great deal
to the town of Rimfire.

Money will mean much to us
in getting a lawyer.

Now, don't you worry
about that.

You've already got one
at no cost.

Not much of a case
against you anyway, Wong.

Kusack admitted that you
did k*ll Pete in self-defense.

Perhaps Ling and I will have
roots after all.

Well, Dave.

Bye, Jarrod.
Thanks for everything.

Daniel, I want you to promise
to take good care of your pa.

Don't you worry.
I will.

Hyah! Hyah!
Hyah!

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